List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
MYRA J. HIRD
1 Consuming Land
PRISCYLLA JOCA, LUCIANA NÓBREGA, AND LEILIANE JACINTO PEREIRA
2 Consuming Water
EMILY POTTER
3 Consuming Energy
ROMAIN J. GARCIER
4 Consuming Fossil Fuels
NICOLAS GRAHAM
5 Consuming Waste
LAURENCE ROCHER
6 Consuming Food
ELAINE POWER
7 Consuming Pets
JOSH MILBURN
8 Consuming Plastics
TONY R. WALKER
9 Consuming Electronics
PATRICK BRODIE
10 Consuming Knowledge
LARA HOUSTON
11 Consuming Fashion
SOFI THANHAUSER
12 Consuming Tourism
SONYA GRACI AND KAITLYN WASHBROOK
13 Consuming Green
MARTA MASSI AND TERRY BECKMAN
14 Consuming Preparedness
MYRA J. HIRD AND JACOB RIHA
15 Consuming Less
MYRA J. HIRD AND GABRIELLA DEE
Index
Biography
Myra J. Hird is a Full Professor, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and Queen's National Scholar in the School of Environmental Studies, Queen’s University, Canada. Hird is Director of Waste Flows, an interdisciplinary research project focused on waste as a global scientific-technical and socio-ethical issue. Hird has published 12 books and over 90 articles and book chapters on a diversity of topics relating to science studies. Hird’s 12th book, written with Hillary Predko, is called Extracting Reconciliation and is published by Routledge. Hird represented Canada at the G7 Science Meeting on Plastic Pollution in Paris, France.
